208 W. Va. 569 - MacLay v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[W]e hold that the provisions of this state's FOIA, which address confidentiality as to the public generally, were not intended to shield law enforcement investigatory materials from a legitimate discovery request when such information is otherwise subject to discovery in the course of civil proceedings.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mitchell v. City of Cedar Rapids · Wolfe v. Green

2. “Before a circuit court is required to engage in an in camera inspection of records and information compiled by an internal affairs division of a police department to make a determination regarding the production of such documents through discovery, the party opposing disclosure must first make a substantial threshold showing that specific harms are likely to result from the disclosure of the requested materials.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Floren v. Whittington · 209 W. Va. 620 - Manns v. City of Charleston Police Department

3. “Petitioner has noted that the Vermont Access to Public Records Act, 1 V.S.A. § 317(b)(5), has an exception from public disclosure for 'disciplinary investigation' records of a 'professional licensing agency.' This exception deals with disclosure to the public generally, not disclosure in response to discovery in litigation. It does not create a privilege.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mitchell v. City of Cedar Rapids